Charlotte Bronte
Biography
Jane
Eyre
A young girl who has lived a hard life becomes
a governess at Thornfield Hall, there finding love in the form of Mr. Rochester,
who is love with Jane, but secretly married to a mad woman he keeps upstairs.
The
Professor
William Crimsworth, a teacher in Belgium,
flirts with the headmistress, but falls for a student-teacher.
Jane
Eyre Essay Prompt on a Literary
Element: Choose a complex character
from this play who might--on the bisis of the character's actions alone--be
considered evil or immoral. Then write a well-organized essay that
analyzes how and why the full presentation of the character in the play
makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid
plot summary. Another Essay
Prompt on a Literary Element:
Some of the most significant events in this work is mental or psychological;
for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness. In
a well-organized essay, describe how the author manages to gives these
internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated
with external events. Do not merely summarize the plot. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
This novel uses contratsting places (for example, two countries, two cities
or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposed forces
or ideas that arecentral to the meaning of the work. Write an essay
explaining how the places differ, what each place represents, and how their
contrast contributes to the overall meaning of the work. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
In this novel, a character who appears briefly, or does not apppear at
all, is a significant presence. Write an essay that shows how this
character functions in this work. You may wish to discuss how the
character affects action, theme, or the development of other characters.
Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
This work highlights the values of a culture or a society by using characters
who are alienated from that culture or society because of gender, race,
class, or creed. Write a well-organized essay that analyzes how the
alienation of one character reveals the surrounding society's assumptions
and moral values. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
This work offers a happy ending through moral development. Write
a well-organized essay that identifies the moral reconciliation evident
on the ending and analyze its significance in the work as a whole. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
This novel includes a scene of social occasion--for example, weddings,
funerals, parties--which reveals the values of the characters and the society
in which they live. In a focused essay, discuss the contribution
the scene makes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
In this novel, a character--not necessarily the protagonist--is pulled
in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations,
or influences. Write a well-organized essay that identifies each
conflicting force and explain how this plaguing conflict within one character
illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. Another
Essay Prompt on a Literary Element:
Although not usually identified with the detective story genre, this work
does involve the investigation of a mystery. Write an essay which
identifies the mystery, explaining how the knowledge gained from the investigation
illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize
the plot.. |